Definition of "manifold" in English

adjective

1. Various in kind, quality, or manifestation; diverse.

   • The manifold meanings of the English word set are infamous among lexicographers.

2. Many in number; numerous.

3. Complicated.

adverb

1. Many times; repeatedly.

noun

1. (historical) A copy made by the manifold writing process.

2. (mechanics) A pipe fitting or similar device that connects multiple inputs and outputs.

3. (US, dialectal, chiefly in the plural) The third stomach of a ruminant animal, an omasum.

4. (mathematics) A Hausdorff topological space that looks locally like the "ordinary" Euclidean space ℝⁿ.

5. (computer graphics) A polygon mesh representing the continuous, closed surface of a solid object

verb

1. (transitive) To make manifold; multiply.

2. (transitive, printing) To multiply or reproduce impressions of by a single operation.